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... his living thus in a course of flattery may put him in no finall danger of
becoming a Coxcomb : if he has , he will consequently have to much diffidence
as not to reap any great satisfaction from his praise ; fince , if it be given to his
face , it can ...
... his living thus in a course of flattery may put him in no finall danger of
becoming a Coxcomb : if he has , he will consequently have to much diffidence
as not to reap any great satisfaction from his praise ; fince , if it be given to his
face , it can ...
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As in the crystal spring I view my face , Fresh rising blushes paint the watery
glass ; But since those graces please thy eyes no more , I fhun the fountains
which I fought before . Once I was skill'd in every herb that grew , And every plant
that ...
As in the crystal spring I view my face , Fresh rising blushes paint the watery
glass ; But since those graces please thy eyes no more , I fhun the fountains
which I fought before . Once I was skill'd in every herb that grew , And every plant
that ...
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20 Umbriel , a dulky , melancholy sprite , As ever fully'd the fair face of light ,
Down to the central earth , his proper scene , 15 Repair'd to search the gloomy
Cave of Spleen . Swift on his footy pinions flits the Gnome , And in a vapour reach
'd ...
20 Umbriel , a dulky , melancholy sprite , As ever fully'd the fair face of light ,
Down to the central earth , his proper scene , 15 Repair'd to search the gloomy
Cave of Spleen . Swift on his footy pinions flits the Gnome , And in a vapour reach
'd ...
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Four faces had the dome , and every face Of various structure , but of equal grace
! Four brazen gates , on columns lifted high , Salute the different quarters of the
sky . Here fabled Chiefs in darker ages born , Or Worthies old , whom arms or ...
Four faces had the dome , and every face Of various structure , but of equal grace
! Four brazen gates , on columns lifted high , Salute the different quarters of the
sky . Here fabled Chiefs in darker ages born , Or Worthies old , whom arms or ...
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105 You tell me , to preserve your wife's good grace , Your eyes must always
languish on my face , Your tongue with constant flatteries feed my ear , And tag
each sentence with , My life ! my dear ! If , by strange chance , a modeft blush be
...
105 You tell me , to preserve your wife's good grace , Your eyes must always
languish on my face , Your tongue with constant flatteries feed my ear , And tag
each sentence with , My life ! my dear ! If , by strange chance , a modeft blush be
...
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Page 110 - The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always list'ning to himself appears.
Page 81 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Page 99 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Page 101 - Regard not then if wit be old or new, But blame the false, and value still the true. Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own, But catch the spreading notion of the town; They reason and conclude by precedent, 410 And own stale nonsense which they ne'er invent. Some judge of authors...
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Page 46 - Be smooth, ye Rocks; ye rapid Floods, give way ! The SAVIOUR comes! by ancient bards foretold! Hear Him, ye Deaf; and all ye Blind, behold! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eye-ball pour the day: Tis He th' obstructed paths of sound shall clear, And bid new music charm th...
Page 182 - The darksome pines, that o'er yon rocks reclin'd, Wave high, and murmur to the hollow wind, The wandering streams that shine between the hills, The grots that echo to the tinkling rills, The dying gales that pant upon the trees, The lakes that quiver to the curling breeze...
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 32 Volume 32 of The Works of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | H. Hughs, 1779 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Oct 2005 |
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